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Jordan signs up for Javelin
DARREN LAKE JDW Staff Reporter
London
Jordan has become the first Middle East customer to sign up to purchase the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Javelin top-attack anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) system. Raytheon announced the deal on 11 January.
Jordan signed a letter of agreement with the US government in Amman on 26 December 2001. It is the second country outside the USA to procure the system; Lithuania signed a similar agreement on 17 December 2001 (Jane's Defence Weekly 16 January).
The agreement with Jordan is a further boost for the system, which is competing with the Israeli Rafael Armament Development Authority Gill/Spike ATGW in a number of other national procurement competitions. The sale will be conducted under the USA's Foreign Military Sales programme through the US Army, with the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Joint Venture expecting to sign a contract worth some $12 million.
Under the deal, Jordan will receive more than 110 missiles and 30 command launch units (CLUs). The purchase also includes training devices, logistics support, associated equipment and training. Raytheon, which leads the Joint Venture programme, provides system engineering management and support and produces the CLU, missile guidance electronic unit and system software. Lockheed Martin provides missile engineering and production support, produces the missile seeker and performs missile all-up-round assembly.
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Lithuania becomes first export customer for Javelin
DARREN LAKE JDW Staff Reporter
London
Additional reporting GRZEGORZ HOLDANOWICZ JDW Correspondent
Warsaw
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced last month that it had signed an intergovernmental agreement with the USA for the Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Javelin top-attack anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) system.
It is the first export order for Javelin and will be a significant boost for the joint venture, which has been competing in several ATGW competitions.In a deal worth Litas38.5 million ($9.6 million), Lithuania will buy an undisclosed number, believed to be some 10 launchers and 60 missiles, to be delivered by 2004.
However, an MND statement said it had asked the US government to explore ways to supply the systems by October 2002. The first unit to be equipped with the missiles is likely to be the Rukla-based Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion, which forms part of the Baltic Battalion now being reorganised under Danish supervision into a fully NATO-interoperable unit.
In May, the Finnish Army chose the Israeli Rafael Armament Development Authority Gill/Spike ATGW over Javelin and in June Javelin also lost in the Netherlands to Gill/Spike. The Dutch Ministry of Defence said it had chosen Gill for cost reasons.
The Norwegian Army announced last month that it would test the Gill/Spike and Javelin systems in early March (Jane's Defence Weekly 19 December 2001). The Gill/Spike and Javelin are also being assessed in competitions in the UK and Canada.
In a separate procurement, Lithuania signed a contract worth Litas75.1 million with EADS Defence and Civil Systems Division medium-range 3-D air-defence mobile radars and parts of EADS' Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Centre. The order is expected to be delivered between late 2003 and early 2004. If all options are exercised, the total contract value may reach $31 million.
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Norway to test Javelin and Gill/Spike systems
JOHN BERG JDW Correspondent
Oslo
The Norwegian Army will test fire the MBDA/Rafael Gill/Spike and Lockheed Martin/ Raytheon Javelin top- attack fire-and-forget anti-armour guided weapon (ATGW) systems in early March.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has allocated NKr1.22 billion ($137 million) to the programme in Norway's new defence plan. A recommendation for a selection of a system will be forwarded to the MoD in the third quarter of 2002, leading to a selection in early 2003. The contract will include logistics and training systems. Final deliveries are planned for 2007. The number of launchers and missiles are not specified.
The medium-range ATGW is intended to meet a requirement for a capability between the army's short-range systems, the Carl Gustaf 84mm recoilless rifle and the Eryx ATGW system, and the 3,750m Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile which is used in the long-range anti-armour role. Currently, the service has no medium-range anti-armour system.
The test firings will be against retired tanks, both stationary and mobile, by remote control. Firings will be carried out from short range and up to the maximum range of the systems.
The army will not carry out any summer trials although hot-climate performance of new equipment is becoming of increasing interest because of Norway's commitment to international operations. The service has, however, reached an agreement to co-ordinate its testing and evaluations with the British Army's Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon System programme (Jane's Defence Weekly 10 October).
Norwegian representatives attended the UK Defence Procurement Agency's temperate weather trials in Canada in September and will also attend the cold-weather trials in February 2002.
A meeting this month will co-ordinate the two programmes, aiming at covering the widest possible spectrum of scenarios without test duplications.
Norway was previously an observer in the Finnish Army's medium-range ATGW programme, which resulted in the selection of the Rafael system (JDW 10 May 2000).
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UK set to test Gill/Spike Javelin anti-tank missiles
Christopher F Foss JDW Land Forces Editor
London
It has been confirmed that the UK's Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) is to buy quantities of the Israeli RAFAEL Armament Development Authority Gill/Spike and the US Lockheed Martin/Raytheon Systems Javelin medium-range anti-tank missiles for an extensive series of trials due to start in the coming months.
This was first revealed in Jane's Defence Weekly (JDW 20 December 2000). These are the only two contenders for the UK Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (LFATGW) system, which will be issued to rapid reaction units such as the British Army's 16 Air Assault Brigade and 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and replace the current Euromissile MILAN.
The DPA awarded contracts worth around Ј3 million ($4.4 million) each to RAFAEL supported by Matra BAe Dynamics for the Gill/Spike and Raytheon/Lockheed Martin for the Javelin. Both missiles are in quantity production and are of the top-attack, 'fire and forget' type.
The contracts cover the supply of hardware and technical assistance for the assessment phase that will include handling trials, live firing tests in the UK and overseas, and simulation studies. The cold weather trials are expected to be in Canada or Norway as both of these countries have a requirement for a new 2,000m-range ATGW system.
It is expected that the chosen system will enter service in 2005. The ministry of defence added that "the winner will, in due course, be among candidates the MoD may consider to meet the needs of the army's mechanised and armoured infantry for a new anti-tank system to replace the existing MILAN". The operational needs stipulate that the crew of two must be capable of carrying the LFATGW firing post and two missiles for up to 20km.
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JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - AUGUST 22, 2001
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Netherlands orders anti-tank guided weapons
CHRISTOPHER F FOSS JDW Land Forces Editor
London
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has awarded a $150 million contract to the Rafael Armament Development Authority to supply the Gill anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW), following parliamentary approval of the selection.
Following a competition between the Gill and Lockheed Martin/ Raytheon Javelin top-attack ATGWs, the former was selected to replace the current Dragon ATGW system used by the Royal Netherlands Army and the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (Jane's Defence Weekly 27 June 2001).
The contract covers the supply of 2,400 missiles and associated launchers, with first deliveries to take place in 18 months. The army's rapid- reaction forces and the marines will receive priority deliveries. It is expected that in the future additional orders will be placed for mechanised units.
While the Rafael Armament Development Authority is the overall prime contractor for this programme, a number of European companies will also be involved including Thales Netherlands, Diehl and STN Atlas of Germany.
The Netherlands is the second European country to adopt Gill. Finland selected the system last year after extensive trials with not only Gill/Spike and Javelin but also the Saab Bofors Dynamics Bill 2, EMDG TRIGAT-MR and Euromissile MILAN. Finland selected Spike 2.5 with a range of 2.5km (JDW 10 May 2000).
For the Finnish programme, EuroSpike is the prime contractor with STN Atlas being the leader of the consortium and supplying the launcher. Other companies include Diehl, which will supply the munition and Rheinmetall Weapons and Munitions the high-explosive anti-tank warhead.
The UK has also purchased quantities of Gill/Spike and Javelin for extensive trials that are now under way to select the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon (LFATGW).
The LFATGW will be issued to rapid-reaction units such as 16 Air Assault Brigade and 3 Commando Brigade in the first phase. In the longer term the winner of this competition is also expected to replace the MILAN in remaining British Army units.
For the UK competition, MBDA (UK) is the prime contractor, having signed an agreement with the Rafael Armament and Development Authority for the UK and some other selected countries in Europe and elsewhere.
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JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - JUNE 27, 2001
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The Netherlands selects Gill
JORIS JANSSEN LOK JDW Special Correspondent
The Hague
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has selected the Israeli Rafael Armament Development Authority Gill for its medium-range anti-tank (MRAT) missile programme, senior officials have confirmed.
Although a formal announcement is yet to be made, it is believed that the procurement will be for about 2,400 missiles and 300 launcher posts, at a cost of around $225 million.
The long-overdue selection decision for Gill follows last year's decision to pull out of the European TRIGAT medium-range missile programme (Jane's Defence Weekly 13 September 2000).
Gill, a lightweight, 'fire and forget' weapon was selected over the Lockheed Martin Javelin for cost reasons. Officials claimed that both would meet the military requirements of the Netherlands armed forces.
In recent months the MRAT programme had run into political controversy concerning the opposition of left-wing parties to buying arms from Israel. Such a deal would give the 'wrong signal' at a time of escalating crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations, it was said.
One industry source involved in the programme said that "heated debate" was expected in the Netherlands parliament, but that the Gill buy would eventually be ratified. If it is, it will be primarily Thales Nederland (formerly Thomson-CSF Signaal) that will benefit from the offset package associated with the order. The Dutch decision is the first selection of the Gill by a NATO member
The UK's Defence Procurement Agency is evaluating the Gill/Spike and the Javelin to meet the Light Forces Anti-Tank Guided Weapon requirement to equip rapid reaction units (JDW 14 February).
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